Vanderbilt
SEC · 1940 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
- Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons
- Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 18 seasons
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 10 Top 10 · 3× #1
- Pioneer Era · 4 seasons · 4 Top 10
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Vanderbilt head-to-head · History & Eras
1940 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Week 6 · Oct 1 | Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)H2H | IND SOCON | 2–7–1 | W 19–0 |
| 7 | Week 7 · Oct 8 |  Princeton (PRINCETON)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | L 6–7 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 15 |  Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H |  SEC | 5–3–2 | T 7–7 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 22 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2H | SEC | 3–7 | L 0–19 |
| 10 | Week 10 · Oct 29 |  LSUH2H | SEC | 6–4 | L 0–7 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 5 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H | SEC | 9–2 | L 7–13 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 12 | Sewanee (SEWANEE)H2H | IND FBSI | 3–5 | W 20–0 |
| 13 | Week 13 · Nov 19 | TENNESSEE TECH | Unranked | — | W 21–0 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Nov 26 |  Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H | SEC | 7–2 | L 21–25 |
| 15 | Week 15 · Dec 3 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE)H2H | SEC | 10–1 | L 0–20 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- Sewanee +3
- Washington & LEE +2
- Kentucky 0
- Tennessee -1
- Princeton -2
- Ole Miss -2
- Alabama -2
- LSU -4
- Georgia Tech -7
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.350 Win % · No change
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.